-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Stateful...
I'll try adding a small firewall section later today Iain wrote: | Bounced first time. | | ----- Original Message ----- From: "Iain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Malta | Linux User Group - general list" <[email protected]> Sent: | Monday, December 13, 2004 4:28 PM Subject: Re: [LINUX.ORG.MT] Next | Article for PC World Malta | | |>> Strictly from a firewall/hacking point of view, how is a Linux |>> firewall more effective then a Windows firewall? Given that |>> both applications, even though on a different platform, perform |>> the same functions? |> |> Just before I dash off, I'd like to point out that | | ZoneAlarm/Symantec(?)/et | |> al do not perform the same functions as iptables. It is well |> know, in security circles, that a badly configured firewall is |> worse than no | | firewall | |> at all as this lends to a false sense of security. Windoze |> 'personal firewall' users do not know what they are doing and |> click 'YES/ALLOW' to every and al; warning message about MSN |> Messenger trying to access port | | XYZ. | |> In any case, the keyword here is *stateful*. Got to dash, but I |> look | | forward | |> to someone taking the reins on this article. |> |> Wife shouting, must dash. ;0) |> |> Regs. |> |> Iain. |> | | _______________________________________________ MLUG-list mailing | list [email protected] | http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBvdnnym3HAdrlsyERAtXvAJ45G/UhBWsuVPxzc1mqLxhfuRQiDwCeP/Me rwSlSlJWgxDnLcVpnSyzjFY= =RhPA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
